EgunMogaji:
I may regret asking this question but where is Azuh?

I hope you are not looking for trouble sir.....lol

EgunMogaji:
I may regret asking this question but where is Azuh?

God is watching him...

Hello, pls can ordinary emulsion paint be used on screeded wall and will it look beautiful? Thanks.

mimini:
Hello, pls can ordinary emulsion paint be used on screeded wall and will it look beautiful? Thanks.

Is this what you're talking about?

Pic 1: Screeded wall (the white upper part is Screeded with POP)
Pic 2: Ordinary emulsion paint on wall.
Pic 3: Screeded Wall at the porch
Pic 4: Ordinary emulsion paint on porch wall

No big deal. Just paint it! It should look like what you see in the pics attached.

I'm not a fan of silk, satin, dansiki, Aran types of paints. Simple ones nicely used cut it for me.



Brabus

mimini:
Hello, pls can ordinary emulsion paint be used on screeded wall and will it look beautiful? Thanks.

Sure. You can apply ordinary emulsion on a screeded wall.
It will come out well but not as nice as applying matte or silk/satin finish.
Walls to be painted with ordinary emulsion doesn't necessarily need to be screeded, so far the plastering is good.
The essence of screeding in the first instance is to provide a smooth layer on the wall to hide faults on the wall.
High sheen paints highlight these faults, hence why screeding is done in anticipation of using these types of paint.
Regular emulsion on the other hand covers faults on the wall, so far it's not too significant.
Still it's a matter of preference and budget. But I would recommend at least matte emulsion if the problem is with sheen finish.

PS: matte and silk paints have low to little fillers and give flatter and smoother finish.

EgunMogaji:
I may regret asking this question but where is Azuh?

He has gone to pad those chicken legs pilers.

@ gbadexy,

Silk emulsion for the interior

Matt emulsion for the exterior.

That's what I like.

Pic: Screeded Wall and Silk Emulsion on wall at H52

n3xt:
@ gbadexy,

Silk emulsion for the interior

Matt emulsion for the exterior.

That's what I like.

Pic: Screeded Wall and Silk Emulsion on wall at H52

Yes sir.
It's the best options
Nice smooth screeding in the last picture.

Integrated Waste Management | Converting Waste To BioGas

A new project I'm presently part of as a standing observer and supplier of concrete bricks and burnt bricks.

Watch this space. I'm learning a new thing in the right place.


Brabus


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@ FastShipping, wetin you wan sell?
Today, I wan go sell solid bricks by NextHome Bricks+Stone to the most popular ..... in VI, Lagos. #sweetthings.

Bros, the market will find us wherever we are! Watchout for updates in a well packaged manner

gbadexy:

Yes sir.
It's the best options
Nice smooth screeding in the last picture.

Thanks "King of Painters".

n3xt:
Water Problem | Another Brabus Fix

Sir lastpage, in 2013 Brabus was in Aloycious Odulukwe street in Ajao estate to work a fix on a very bad land. 99% of the structures in that terrain had one foundation issue or the other and either sinking or bent beyond repair.

I suggest anyone visit the area and see the best and the only surviving structure (though there might be new ones now) in the area.

I built it! We face the water issue head on and the house stood tall among equals.

The thread is alive. The building is more than 1m above road level. As we were dealing with the foundation, we were also going hand in hand with water exclusion strategy. The compound floors were not only pervious but were tiled.

And the result is what we have today!


@ Babalose, that's what needed to be done when building in challenging terrain. Face it head on.

A visit to the site and probably asking the client question of what he did differently might help. The builder might be blowing things out of proportion here. An elderly Nairalander (a diehard fan of Brabus ) was here during design and foundation stage of work can attest to this.

Take note of the perimeter drain in the last pic and the compound drain with covers.

The 2nd pics shows the cover of the septic tank where it was neatly buried by the entrance gate.


Brabus


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I'll share another one shortly. You all know about it. We weren't talking about the problem.

if you did all the above before , what now happened in Qc1 house? I don't seem to understand!

Try and meet with him so as to save the house from sinking further since you built the house. Biko!

n3xt:


Thanks "King of Painters".

You're welcome sir

beedam:


if you did all the above before , what now happened in Qci house? I don't seem to understand!

I asked him the same question, on the previous page, below is his answer.

I deduce that for one reason or another, the Client fell-out with the Contractor (Brabus) and the new contractor engaged (or DIY) did not implement these recommendations to the letter...... at the initial stage when it mattered mos and could have been cost-effective...IMO

n3xt:



Chateau is a case of being proactive and as a person who no get money, I choose to do everything and anything that will help protect my little investment.


Now, what happens when you advice and the client said we will do it? What happens when the problem was found after a major work has been done?

Pls take note we were building on a dry land in December only for us to notice a non-stopping ground water coming for a burst pipe from the neighbour's house. And I stopped work at slab stage to prevent further loads until permanent fix is properly appropriated.

Just like Lekki garden where govt "Stop Work" order was issued. Some other set of people (contractor or helper) went ahead to open site and raise the upper floor without me and without appropriating any fix to the already identified issues.

Tell me baba what I should have done differently.

I just want to learn o.

I cited two other projects here. They were clients. We've never met before. They were adviced by me. They did everything and even more than I recommended. They were upfront with the challenges and not the cosmetics.


Brabus

Lastpage!

mufutau55:


I am sure it can easily be imported into Nigeria from China just like any other machine...

Hajji M.

All we need is the tools and thinking outside the box. Naturally, I prefer Nigerian made iron door(durability) unlike the imported doors that fade out colours with time and the hinge having problem

. saw some beautiful irons at Challenge area in Ibadan. I will take permission from the maker so I can take pics and post here.

lastpage:


I asked him the same question, on the previous page, below is his answer.

I deduce that for one reason or another, the Client fell-out with the Contractor (Brabus) and the new contractor engaged (or DIY) did not implement these recommendations to the letter...... at the initial stage when it mattered mos and could have been cost-effective...IMO








Lastpage!

[size=14pt]I'm doing what all his clients did, count your lose and engage with the real professionals.[/size]

This doesn't mean he's going to get away with his wrong doing though!

@ beedam, it is well! Much respect to you for your concern.

I'm always ever ready to do my job even though I've restricted my service to areas within my jurisdiction. I can still do this one for Qc1 if he really wants me in. That's the way I function best. That's the way we did the last job done on the site. He called me. I visited and proffered instant solution. We agreed figures and men move in and apply the fix. It's that easy.

Brabus just need to do things differently going forward.

Part of the things I'm doing differently includes not "gate crashing" another man's property even though I have the right to jump the fence.

It also includes having jobs descriptions clearly spelt out to remove any ambiguities.

Lastly, it includes talking the business more serious than ever before.



Brabus

agarawu23:
Adagbamadanu
If you have been trying shiit with ppl, I am different and that's why some set of ppl don't like me cos am 100% bullshit intolerant. Respect is reciprocal. If you nack me wood, I go nack you iron.

My guy.. . Make we slow down but me like that your car way you snap with o

Qc1:




[size=14pt]I'm doing what all his clients did, count your lose and engage with the real professionals.[/size]

Baba, even when they move 99.9% of them still come back behind close doors to seek one help or the other. They won't tell you that!

Even a true professional will seek a case file or a patient medical records prior to treatment of a major ailment because most time misdiagnosis is a big killer than the actual ailment. When you don't have a case file to work with, you can only assume.


Thank you for all the good time. Wishing you all the best sir. I pray for a good and lasting solution.

If you ever need me, I'm just at the other side of the river.


Brabus.

lastpage:


@Sensegiver, l hail o!

First, let me be honest with you...I like Brabus as a person! l kind of have a "soft spot" for intelligent people because by training, l can spot talented people from a mile-off. Now, whether they reach "potential" or not, is their own making!

I hate some of the work Brabus has done in the past and l think he needs to buckle-up, now that he is a family man.

But l also think that he is just entering the "age of wisdom" (l dont want to say he is a young man as im don get wife and pikins! ).
He is stubborn, which if properly channelled, can be turned to doggedness (which l am already seeing) and used to even excel further.

I am sure inside him, he knows he had made errors in past works and relationships but at times, "young daddies" dont agree to mistakes that easily!
I am hoping he has learnt his mistakes and will become a better person... given another chance (will l give him? Yes but l will supervise him-die! he wont even have room to manoeuvre! )

The fact that he listened to reason and agreed to pay back Maverick (upon all those shakara!) is an indication that no one is above "sense", if they calm down and reflect inwards.

Now, l want to implore you to "chillax" a bit, for the sake of 'good folks' here, and let us see what he would do next.

We all make mistakes but the first step to redemption is to accept our fault.


Cheers Bro.



Lastpage!

That is a very important and fatherly advice from Mr lastpage, one of the reason why this forum is great. .. we learn a lot from our t mistakes to be better people. I love this message and I wish we could all borrow one or two things from this. This post is not only directed at Mr brabus but all the builders here on property section.

Thank you for your maturity sir

Ok

lastpage:


Thank you Sir!

At times, we just need to "make the effort" to break it down to the level of these internet-trolling, brain-dead, neophyte-scallywags!



Lastpage!

Kia this is no longer lastpage but last bullet
Take it easy bro so we can all drink pammy

abdulwastecx:


My guy.. . Make we slow down but me like that your car way you snap with o

Na him papa car
P's nah joke I dey ohh

Hello team,

kindly advice me on the nature of the soil as seen below(though i was told is muddy)
I would also like to know if its a must to use hardcore for the foundation or (go for belt lintel around the edges of the foundation as advised by someone)
project is for a 2 bedroom twin flat( storey building)

would appreciate ur response.

abbeycial:
Hello team,

kindly advice me on the nature of the soil as seen below(though i was told is muddy)
I would also like to know if its a must to use hardcore for the foundation or (go for belt lintel around the edges of the foundation as advised by someone)
project is for a 2 bedroom twin flat( storey building)

would appreciate ur response.

Did double wall on my site too.

Your soil looks similar to mine and was said to be mud

I did monolithic slab but can see it not being necessary always.

EgunMogaji:


Did double wall on my site too.

Your soil looks similar to mine and was said to be mud

I did monolithic slab but can see it not being necessary always.

yes sir,that part with double wall was sloppy compared to the other areas.(the land was a sloppy one so i was advised to double the sloppy part)

dont really understand the monolithic slab u mentioned above bro,whats the lay man meaning?

n3xt:


Is this what you're talking about?

Pic 1: Screeded wall (the white upper part is Screeded with POP)
Pic 2: Ordinary emulsion paint on wall.
Pic 3: Screeded Wall at the porch
Pic 4: Ordinary emulsion paint on porch wall

No big deal. Just paint it! It should look like what you see in the pics attached.

I'm not a fan of silk, satin, dansiki, Aran types of paints. Simple ones nicely used cut it for me.



Brabus

Bro is UNFAIR...

abbeycial:
Hello team,

kindly advice me on the nature of the soil as seen below(though i was told is muddy)
I would also like to know if its a must to use hardcore for the foundation or (go for belt lintel around the edges of the foundation as advised by someone)
project is for a 2 bedroom twin flat( storey building)

would appreciate ur response.

Sir your double wall is of no important, you should have carryout systematic parameter beam, your application of columns good job. If your pad foundation is below the mud soil profile you did a good job, but not many people understand, instead they look at nos of block that will be required which is not a good idea.

FastShipping:


Your mouth sweet die.

good day boss...Hope you will call us in due time...have a great day

abbeycial:


yes sir,that part with double wall was sloppy compared to the other areas.(the land was a sloppy one so i was advised to double the sloppy part)

dont really understand the monolithic slab u mentioned above bro,whats the lay man meaning?

German floor. Just doing it all at once.

Chekitaut:
Sir your double wall is of no important, you should have carryout systematic parameter beam, your application of columns good job. If your pad foundation is below the mud soil profile you did a good job, but not many people understand, instead they look at nos of block that will be required which is not a good idea.

thanks for your response bro, is any other thing i need to do to fortify the foundation?lots of walls craking is common in the area.
A summarised giude would be appreciated (abeg in lay man's language,some of this terms sounds strange to me)

thanks

EgunMogaji:


German floor. Just doing it all at once.

okay now i get it.

thanks bro

abbeycial:


thanks for your response bro, is any other thing i need to do to fortify the foundation?lots of walls craking is common in the area.
A summarised giude would be appreciated (abeg in lay man's language,some of this terms sounds strange to me)

thanks

Howmany vertical beams does this build have?